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J. B. SCRIBNER. FOUR HORSE. BVBNER.

PatentedAug. 2, 1887 Wyifiesses :memxk'r o z m UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

J B. SGRIBNER, OF EMMETTSBURG, IOlVA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HIRAMHARRISON, OF SAME PLACE.

' FOUR-HORSE EVENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,671, dated August2, 1887.

Application filed April 25, 1857. Serial No. 36,055. (No model.l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ERRY B. SomnNEn, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Emmettsburg, in the county of Palo Alto andState of Iowa, have invented a Fourllorse Evener for Reapers andBinders, &c., of which the following is a specification.

My object is to provide a mcansfor hitching four horses abreast to aharvesting-machine,a [O plowing-machine, or any machine where it isnecessary to place three horses on one side of the pole and only one onthe other side in such a manner that the draft will be equally dividedbetween the four horses and side draft I 5 prevented.

My invention consists in the construction and combination of threelevers,a three-horse evener. and an adjustable singletree-earrier with apole, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustratedin the accompanying drawing, in which the figure is a perspective view.

A represents the pole of a reaper or plow.

No. l is a lever ofthe first order, preferably a curved metal barpivoted to the rear portion of the pole A.

No. 2 is a straightlever of the second order, prelerably made of hardwood, pivoted to the poleA in advance of the lever No. 1 by means 0 of afulcrum-pin, b, and flexibly connected with the short arm of the leverNo. 1 by means of a clevis and rod.

0 is a clevis attached to the outer end portion of the lever No. 2 forthe purpose of connecting a threehorse evener with the said lever.

, No. 3 is a short lever of the second order, hinged to the inner end ofthe lever No. 2 by means of metal plates (1, and flexibly and adjustablyconnected with the long arm of the lever No. 1 by means of a clevis androd.

the lovers 2 and 3 in such a manner that the complete singletreecarrierwill be flexible and self-adjusting relative to thepole and the leverNo. 3 whenever the singletree is moved to or from the pole and draftforce applied thereto.

72 is a doubletrec and the base of the threehorse evener.

m m are levers and singletreebearers pivoted to the ends of thedoubletree, and their long arms, that extend toward each other, areflexibly connected: with each other and a singletreebearer, r, by meansof links 8, in such a manner that three horses can behitched theretoabreast and their individual drafts equalized with the draft of thesingle horse on the opposite side of the pole by means of the compoundleverage produced by the connec tion of the lovers Nos. 1, 2, and 8.

I claim as my invention- A 'l'ourhorse eveuer comprising the leversNos.-l 2 3, a threehorse evener, and an adjustable singletree-carrier, f9, arranged and combined with a pole to operate in the manner set forth,for the purposes stated.

JERRY B. SORlBNEl-t.

\Vitnesses:

'l. W. HARRISON, W. J. BROWN.

